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F. UNRUH.

PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1913.

Patented July 14, 1914.

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PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 23, 1913.

Patented July 141., 1914.

Serial No. 743,824.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK UNRUH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends improvements in pencil sharpeners and attachments therefor and relates more particularly to a pencil holder adapted to have a sharpening attachment secured thereto, said holder serving to engage an apparel pocket and also to hold a pencil.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this nature, which shall be of extremely simple construction, cheap to manufacture, and which will be very efficient and useful.

The invention also aims to generally improve devices of this nature to render them more simple, useful, and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a sectional view through the sharpening attachment, Fig. 2 is an end elevation of my device, Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the same in engagement with a pencil, Fig. 1 is a front elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 3, and, Fig. 5 is a detail view of the blank from which the attachment is formed.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals, 10 designates the sharpener attachment, which is formed from a continuous strip of steel or other suitable metal that is bent intermediate its ends, as shown at 11, and has the two sides formed by said bent portions, inclined away from each other toward the free ends of the strip. The ends of the strip are bent sharply, as indicated at 12, and extended on planes at substantially right angles to the sides of the strip and provided with inclined cutting edges 13. The ends of the strip overlap adjacent the inner extremities of the cutting edges and are secured to each. other by a suitable fas tener, such as the rivet 14. By securing the ends of the strip together, as indicated, the cutting edges are held in fixed relationship to each other and form a very efficient sharpener.

The pencil holding attachment, indicated generally by the numeral 15 is formed of a continuous strip of flexible spring metal, the blank of which is clearly shown in Fig. 5. This strip is essentiallyrectangular in shape and is bent transversely intermediate its ends, as indicated at 16, to provide parallel plates 17 and 18.

The inner plate 17 is formed intermediate its ends with the projections 19 and is slit at right angles to its side edges, as at 20. These slits are in alinement with, the ends of the projections and permit the same being bent, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, into engagement with the inner surface of one side of the pencil sharpener. The sharpener is notched, as at 21, to receive the inbent projections 19.

The exterior plate 18 which forms a portion of the strip 15, has formed therein two pairs of incisions 22 and 23 and the metal between the incisions of each pair is bent at a sharp angle to the surface of the plate, forming the wings 2-1 which are adapted to clamp between them a pencil or similar article 25. The metal adjacent the outer extremities of the incisions 23 is bent inwardly to provide the spurs26 which serve to firmly secure the attachment to a pocket wall.

The device is intended to be secured to an apparel pocket by slipping plates 17 and 18 upon opposite sides of the outer wall of the same. The strip 15 being of spring metal, permits this to be easily accomplished and the spurs 26 prevent an accidental displacement of the device. When it is desired to detach the same from engagement with the wall of a pocket, the wings 24 provide a means whereby the plate 18 may be sprung outwardly to detach the spurs from the cloth. a

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a simple and easily manufactured attachment for pencils comprising a holder adapted to have attached thereto a sharpening device for pencils. I consider the primary feature of my device to reside in its simplicity, which makes it possible to manufacture the attachment to sell at a very low price. 1

It is to be understood that while I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to thisexact construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, but may make such changes as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is An attachment for pencils consisting of a single piece of rectangular spring metal, said metal piece being bent approximately centrally of'its ends to form a pair of parallel spaced plates, a pair of elongated wings formed on one of said plates by slitting the plate at'sharp angles to the longitudinal vedges thereof, said Wings being dis- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner)! Patents,

posed in a plane at approximately right angles, to the plane of the plate and adapted to clamp a pencil, a pair of bendable extension tongues formed on the other plate intermediate the ends thereof and adapted to securea pencil sharpener and integral locking spurs on said first named plate adapted to engage the Wall of a pocket when the pocket wall is inserted between the two plates;

FRANK UNRUH.

Witnesses:

W. B. BARRETT, JOHN PIERCE.

Washington, D. G. i 

